HOUSTON, Texas— The University of New Mexico women”s swimming and diving team will be competing Friday, Nov. 16 through Sunday, Nov. 18 at the Phill Hansel Invitational, hosted by the University of Houston.
The Lobos will be competing at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center against 11 other teams, including the Nevada Wolf Pack. UNM competed against the Wolf Pack in the Pacific Invitational to open the season, where the Wolf Pack placed first and the Lobos placed third.
UNM looks to improve its results in this meet, as the Cherry and Silver also competed in the Phill Hansel Invitational last year, ultimately finishing with 500 points for ninth. Then-junior Adriana Palomino provided some highlights in the meet as she produced an individual win in the 1650-yard freestyle with a final time of 16:23.75 after tying her own school record in the event with her seed time, posting a 16:22.46. On the opening day of the meet, Palomino broke her own school record for the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:42.77 en route to the event win.
Then-junior Konoha Shinada also set a school record with a time of 53.45 in the 100-yard butterfly, which she then matched in the A-Finals to win the event.
This weekend’s meet marks the second time the diving team will be competing in the one-meter and three-meter this season, however, this is the first time that they will be competing on the platform. In the last meet, against NAU, the diving team had two top-five finishes in the one-meter and three-meter dive. Jocelyn Gallais placed third in the three-meter dive, scoring a 278.98, and Natasha Dark placed fourth, scoring a 276.75. The Lobos took two places in the one-meter dive as well as Gallais placed fourth (265.50) and Dark placed fifth (259.43).
Freshman Hedda Øritsland is currently leading the team in first place finishes to date with five wins, four of which are consecutive. In the home meet three weeks ago, Øritsland produced individual wins in the 50-yard free, the 100-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly, while also winning the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly at the Pacific Invitational. This weekend, she will be competing in four individual events (200-yard individual medley, 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly and the 100-yard butterfly). Palomino placed first in the 1000-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, and the 500-yard freestyle in the home meet against NAU, and sophomore Matea Sumajstorcic, placed in the top three at the last two meets in the seven events she competed in.
As a team, the Lobos are coming off of a win over the NAU Lumberjacks, 186-114, in which they won 12 events and earned 28 top-three finishes during the meet..
There will be live results provided throughout the three-day meet. Click HERE to follow the action live.
ORDER OF EVENTS
Prelim / Final format with additional time trials available at the end of the morning session each day as needed.
Friday
Event 1: 200-Freestyle Relay
Event 2: 500-Freestyle
Event 3: 200 IM
Event 4: 50-Freestyle
Event 5: 400-Medley Relay
Saturday
Event 6: 200-Medley Relay
Event 7: 400 IM
Event 8: 100-Butterfly
Event 9: 200-Freestyle
Event 10: 100-Breaststroke
Event 11: 100-Backstroke
Event 12: 800-Freestyle Relay
Sunday
Event 13: 1650-Freestyle
Event 14: 200-Backstroke
Event 15: 100-Freestyle
Event 16: 200-Breaststroke
Event 17: 200- Butterfly
Event 18: 400-Freestyle Relay
START TIMES:
Friday – November 16, 2018
Prelims: 9:00 a.m MT/10:00 a.m. CT
Finals: 5:00 p.m. MT/6:00 p.m. CT
Saturday – November 17, 2018
Prelims: 9:00 a.m. MT/10:00 a.m. CT
Finals: 5:00 p.m. MT/6:00 p.m. CT
Sunday – November 18, 2018
Prelims: 9:00 a.m. MT/10:00 a.m. CT
Finals: 2:00 a.m. MT/3:00 p.m. CT
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